Editing John Hughes (filmmaker) (section)

===Unproduced screenplays===
{{main|John Hughes's unrealized projects}}
* ''National Lampoon's Jaws 3: People 0'' – a parody sequel to the [[Jaws (franchise)|popular film series]]<ref>{{cite web |title=More Than Meets the Mogwai: Jaws 3/People 0 – Script Review |publisher=Blogger.com |url=http://awcgfilmlog.blogspot.com/2006/02/jaws-3people-0-script-review.html |access-date=March 22, 2009}}</ref> (1979)
* ''Motorheads vs. Sportos'', also known as ''Just Like Romeo and Juliet'' or ''Suburban Westside Story''
* ''The History of Ohio from the Beginning of Time to the End of the Universe'', also known as ''National Lampoon's Dacron, Ohio''<ref>{{cite web |title=National Lampoon's The History of Ohio from the Dawn of Time Until the End of the Universe a.k.a. National Lampoon's Dacron, OH (1980) |publisher=Prettyinpodcast.com |url=http://prettyinpodcast.com/2016/04/21/04-dacron-oh/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821030618/http://prettyinpodcast.com/2016/04/21/04-dacron-oh/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-08-21 |access-date=July 26, 2023}}</ref> (1980; with P. J. O'Rourke)
* ''The Joy of Sex: A Dirty Love Story''<ref>{{cite web |title=National Lampoon's The Joy of Sex (Part Two 1981–1982) |publisher=Prettyinpodcast.com |url=http://prettyinpodcast.com/2016/05/31/nljoy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620205238/https://prettyinpodcast.com/2016/05/31/nljoy/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-06-20 |access-date=July 26, 2023}}</ref> (1982; some drafts with [[Dan Greenburg]]) 
* ''Debs'' – a satire on Texas debutantes<ref name="A Life in Film">{{cite book |last=Honeycutt |first=Kirk |title=John Hughes: A Life in Film |date=2015 |pages=41}}</ref> (1983; [[Aaron Spelling Productions]])
* ''The New Kid''<ref name="LostJH" /> (1986)
* ''[[Oil and Vinegar (film)|Oil and Vinegar]]'' – a soon-to-be-married man and a hitchhiking girl end up talking about their lives during the length of the car ride<ref>{{cite web |title=Details About One of John Hughes Unproduced Screenplays |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |publisher=/Film |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/18/details-about-one-of-john-hughes-unproduced-screenplays/ |date=February 18, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222201505/http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/18/details-about-one-of-john-hughes-unproduced-screenplays/ |archive-date=February 22, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (1987)
* ''Bartholomew Vs. Neff'' – a vehicle that would have starred [[Sylvester Stallone]] and John Candy as feuding neighbors<ref>{{cite news |title=Him Alone |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DC143AF937A3575BC0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |access-date=March 3, 2009 |first=Bill |last=Carter |date=August 4, 1991}}</ref> (1991)
* ''Black Cat Bone: The Return of Huckleberry Finn''<ref name="LostJH">{{cite web |title=The Lost Projects of John Hughes |last=Evans |first=Bradford |publisher=Splitsider |url=http://splitsider.com/2012/07/the-lost-projects-of-john-hughes/ |date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-date=May 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520072857/http://splitsider.com/2012/07/the-lost-projects-of-john-hughes/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> (1991)
* ''The Nanny''<ref name="20th Previews Foxy Lineup">{{cite magazine |title=20th Previews Foxy Lineup |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1991/film/features/20th-previews-foxy-lineup-99125620/ |date=February 10, 1991 |access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref> (1991)
* ''The Bugster''<ref name="20th Previews Foxy Lineup"/> (1991)
* ''Ball 'n' Chain''<ref name="20th Previews Foxy Lineup"/> (1991)
* Live-action ''[[Peanuts]]'' film – [[Warner Bros.]] acquired the film rights to make a live-action [[Charlie Brown]] film, with Hughes set to both produce and write<ref name="LostJH" /> (1993)
* ''[[The Pajama Game (film)|The Pajama Game]]'' – planned [[Warner Bros.]] remake
* ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' – another planned [[Warner Bros.]] remake
* ''The Bee'' – a feature-length [[Disney]] film that actor [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]] was attached to direct<ref>{{cite magazine |title=John Hughes' View from the Top |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/12/02/john-hughes-view-top/ |access-date=March 3, 2009 |first=Tim |last=Appelo |date=December 2, 1994 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205182647/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304699,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> (1994)
* ''Tickets'' – about teens who wait overnight for free tickets to a farewell concert<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Projects 1999–2002 (haven't heard anything since) |publisher=The John Hughes Files |url=http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/oldnews.html |access-date=August 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919165654/http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/oldnews.html |archive-date=September 19, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (1996)
* ''The Grigsbys Go Broke'' – about a wealthy family who loses their fortune, forcing them to move to the other side of the tracks<ref>{{cite web |title=John Hughes to do "The Grisbeys" |publisher=Screenwriters' Utopia |url=http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=557 |access-date=March 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526222511/http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=557 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (2003)